Rationalist Pragmatism - A Framework for Moral Objectivism

Ratonalist Pragmatism argues that our interest in truth-our rational nature as practical and theoretical beings-forms us as a community of mutually recognizing truth seekers and creates the possibility of objective moral knowledge.

List of contents

Preface

Introduction: Ideal vs. Non-ideal Moral Theory

Chapter One: The Quest for Justification

Chapter Two: Objectivity and Truth

Chapter Three: Others

Chapter Four: Meaning, Morality, and Social Agreement

Chapter Five: Morality's Motivational Power

Chapter Six: No Double Standards

Chapter Seven: Our Morality

Chapter Eight: Political Implications

Appendix: Weighing Value

Works Cited

About the author

By Mitchell Silver

Summary

Ratonalist Pragmatism argues that our interest in truth—our rational nature as practical and theoretical beings—forms us as a community of mutually recognizing truth seekers and creates the possibility of objective moral knowledge.

Product details

• Authors: Mitchell Silver, Silver Mitchell
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781793605412
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-541-2
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Philosophy of Language: Connections and Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Pragmatism, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Pragmatism, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, theories of democracy;truth and correspondence